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THE THRUST OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO MATHEMATICALLY MODEL THE FUNCTION, BEHAVIOR AND STRUCTURE ASPECTS OF MECHANICAL DESIGNS AND DEVELOP COMPUTATIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE DESIGN SYNTHESIS OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. THE APPROACH TO BE USED IS A COMBINATION OF THE TRANSFORMATIONAL APPROACH (USED PREVIOUSLY IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND VLSI DESIGN) AND THE PROBLEM SOLVING/PLANNING APPROACH OF ARTIFICI ...

ANTROPIX CORPORATION PROPOSES TO OBTAIN TIME RESOLVED TARGET AND PLUME OPTICAL PROPERTIES MEASUREMENTS DURING RP LASER INTERACTIONS. TARGET ABSORBANCES (BOTH SURFACE AND IN-DEPTH) AND REFLECTANCES WILL BE DETERMINED WITH INTEGRATING SPHERE DEVICES PLUS PROBE BEAMS AND FAST DETECTORS. PLUME OPTICAL PROPERTIES DUE TO ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, PARTICULATE, AND PLASMA SPECIES WILL BE DETERMINED USING LASER P ...

CONVENTIONAL INTERCONNECT AND SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A LIMITATION IN HIGH THRUPUT PROCESSORS AND COMPUTERS. WAFER SCALE INTEGRATION IS ONE TECHNIQUE TO RESOLVE INTERCONNECT PROBLEMS. METHODS OF INTERFACING TO WAFER SCALE DEVICES WILL RESOLVE INTERCONNECT PROBLEMS. METHODS OF INTERFACING TO WAFER SCALE DEVICES WILL REQUIRE OPTICAL INTERCONNECT TECHNIQUES. IMPLEMENTING COMMUNICA ...

THE TRAVEL TIMES OF COHERENT EVENTS IN SEISMIC SURVEYS OF THE CRUST PRINCIPALLY GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOW SPATIALFREQUENCY VELOCITY FIELD; DETAILS OF THE SEISMIC SIGNATURES OF BACKSCATTERED EVENTS PRINCIPALLY GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HIGH SPATIAL FREQUENCY OF THE VELOCITY AND DENSITY FIELDS (WHICH CAN BE REPRESENTED BY PSEUDO WELL LOGS). TRAVEL TIME INVERSION IS BEGINNING TO FIND PRACTICAL ...

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A GREAT NEED EXISTS TO DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE COUNTERMEASURE AGAINST HOSTILE WEAPONS, UTILIZING LASER TARGET ILLUMINATOR GUIDANCE SYSTEMS. MANY AIR FORCE ASSETS COULD BE AT GREAT RISK FROM THESE SYSTEMS, DUE TO THEIR INHERENT ACCURACY AND MOBILE CHARACTERISTICS. LASER TARGET ILLUMINATORS (LTI) ARE CURRENTLY DEPLOYED IN A VARIETY OF GROUND AND AIR BASED WEAPONS SYSTEMS. THESE FACTORS COUPLED WITH THE ...

NECK STRAINS ARE FREQUENT AND NECK FRACTURES ARE OCCASIONALLY EXPERIENCED AMONG PILOTS AND HIGH PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT. CURRENT ACCELERATION PROTECTION TECHNIQUES HAVE CONCENTRATED ON PHYSIOLOGICAL PROTECTION AND LARGELY IGNORE NECK PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS. PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED NECK PROTECTION SCHEMES PRIMARILY RELY UPON LIMITING HEAD DISPLACEMENTS, LEADING TO UNACCEPTABLE OPERATIONAL LIMITATIONS. TH ...

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REAGENTS AND REACTION PROCEDURES WILL BE DEVELOPED DURING PHASE I FOR THE COUPLING OF ANTIBODY MOLECULES TO THE ACTIVATED SURFACE OF MICROCHIP CAPACITANCE SENSORS. PROPRIETARY PHOTOAFFINITY REAGENTS WILL BE SYNTHESIZED AND COUPLED TO THE ELECTRODE SURFACE FOR SPECIFIC COVALENT BINDING OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY (USING ONE OF THE TWO ANTIBODY BINDING SITES). THIS WILL LEAVE THE REMAINING STABILIZED ANT ...